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Iron Fist Brilliantly Adapts the Chinese Martial Arts Genre to Western Cinema

After hearing negative buzz about Netflix and Marvel’s television series, Iron Fist, I almost didn’t bother to click on the poster when it appeared on…

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Posted in Interview Science

Exclusive: Through the Eyes of Asian American Planetary Scientist Michael Wong

Last year, my friend Michael Wong, a Berkeley astronomer, led a team that analyzed Hubble’s data from the discovery of a massive “dark vortex” that…

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Posted in Entertainment US

Comedy InvAsian to Launch the First Asian American Stand-up Live and Digital TV Series

Producers Koji Steven Sakai and Quentin Lee have teamed up with Viva Pictures to produce and distribute a live and filmed stand-up series titled Comedy…

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Bet You Didn’t Know There Were Chinese Passengers On Titanic…

featured image: Fang Lang is rescued in a deleted scene from Titanic (1997) In fact there were eight, all third-class passengers and on their way…

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Posted in Entertainment US

Scary Short “On Halloween” Premieres Today

Join us to celebrate a very Asian American Halloween by sharing and enjoying “On Halloween” world premiering today on Youtube! Directed by Quentin Lee, “On…

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Posted in Entertainment Japan

Japanese Animation Sensation “Your Name” Gets U.S. Distribution

The Japanese animated feature “Your Name” that has been taking Japanese box-office by storm has been bought by Funimation to be released in the United…

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Posted in Entertainment Viralicious

Are You Ready for Laserpope and Black Jesus?

This short film spoof “Laserpope” is fantastic and irreverent. Who wouldn’t want a black Jesus and a dead pope coming back as “Laserpope” complete with…

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Posted in Entertainment Interview

Exclusive: Sinakhone Keodara on AET

One day, I got a call from my friend Sinakhone Keodara and he said he was starting up Asian Entertainment Television (AET), a streaming television…

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Posted in Culture US

Watters’ World: Chinatown (Unedited)

If you’re an Asian American, you might still be trying very hard to forget the extremely stupid, unfunny and racist Chinatown segment of Watters’ World aired two weeks…

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Posted in Culture US

Outsiders in Our Own Home

Last week we saw Fox News’ Jesse Watters in Chinatown conducted an offensive interview segment with Chinese immigrants who don’t understand English. Not only were the interviews not…

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